16th 7-10 Swimming Program

17th Prep Rest Day

19th P-12 Swimming Carnival

CONTACT

Web eastlodd12.vic.edu.au/

Email east.loddon.p12

@education.vic.gov.au

Phone 5436 8300

Fax 5436 8321

Blog http://

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COLLEGE COUNCILLORS

Richard Hicks, Darren Welsh

Micheal Lawry, Nathan Twigg

Dustin Pascoe, Steve Leed

Scott Wilkinson, Tom Ferguson,

Jo Rossiter, Sarah Byrne, Nicole

Hocking, Natalie Rose, Lynda

Cartwright, Ben Collins and

Bridget Baker

Swimming Sports

Please refer to Mr Wilkinson’s section of the news-

letter this week for all Swimming Sports related

notes.

***Wearing of Masks at School***

All staff and students who are 12 yrs and older

must continue to wear face masks whilst indoors at

the college. Disposable face masks are available

at the college office, however students are asked

to please bring in their own masks from home if

possible as the college has a limited supply.

Visitors to the college who are 12 years or older

must also wear face masks whilst indoors.

Curriculum Day

All staff attended a curriculum day at La Trobe

University in Bendigo yesterday, where we revisit-

ed elements of our ILEARN Teaching and Learning

Model and Compass management system. We

also spent the afternoon being introduced to the

SOLAR (Science of Language and Reading) pro-

gram by Professor Pamela Snow. There was a

great deal of information delivered to staff and

many learnings to be had. I really look forward to

the journey we are embarking on with a ‘whole-

school approach to the teaching of literacy’ at East

Loddon and am so impressed with our staff’s con-

tinued desire to learn!

Excess Furniture—Free To Good Home

Just inside the entrance to the college we have

placed a large amount of unwanted furniture that is

free to a good home. The furniture is sturdy, but is

older and no longer required by the college.

If any college community members would like to

take items of furniture, then please do so respect-

fully after school tonight or tomorrow.

Please note that the only items available to be

taken are at the front gate between the cannon and

entrance to the college.

Uniform Orders

A uniform order has been sent home with today’s

newsletter. Could all families who are requiring

new uniform please ensure that this form is filled in

and returned to the college promptly.

Congratulations Will!

Congratulations are extended to Year 11 student

Will S for an incredible athletics effort last Satur-

day. Will competed in the 120m gift at Parkdale

and managed to take out first place! Rumour has it

that his mother cheered so loudly during the event

that Will could clearly hear her as he stormed down

towards the finish line...

Staff Email

Addresses

Attached to the newsletter news feed on Compass

today, you should find a list of staff email address-

es. This list is generally put out at the beginning of

the year so that parents/carers can make contact

with college staff throughout the year as required.

Staff receive a great deal of work related emails to

these addresses on a daily basis, but will endeav-

our to reply to your emails asap during work hours.

Building Works Update

The college building works continue to be ‘on-track’

with soil removal currently taking place. The works

at the college are due to finish around November

this year and we are looking forward to seeing the

final product.

I hope that you have a fantastic weekend! Stay safe, Steve Leed—College Principal

Literacy is the key to academic success across the curriculum and unlocks many op-portunities in other as-pects of life. Parental involvement is one of the most important influ-ences on kids develop-ing strong literacy skills

and a positive learning attitude. While the teach-ers at East Loddon are enhancing their skills at teaching literacy in all subjects, parents can also support their chil-dren with a range of strategies at home.

1.Model a positive read-ing experience—whether it’s a novel or a newspaper or operat-ing instructions, let your kids see you read-ing too!

2.Read aloud to your child—keep this posi-tive and something you both look forward to. Reading aloud is a great way to discuss the story and read to several children at once.

3.Have your child read aloud to you—even in the higher grades! This improves their fluency and practices what they are learning at school. Encourage them to read to sib-lings, pets or even stuffed toys as well!

4.Make reading part of daily life—reading is everywhere, not just something we do at school. Read the back of cereal boxes togeth-er or ask your child to read out road signs to you.

PANCAKE DAY & Breakfast

Program We’re back!!!! The Wellbeing Team and Breakfast Program volunteers will be making and serving lots of yummy pancakes next Tuesday 16th Feb, before school. This will kick off our breakfast program for 2021. As a one off and as part of the East Loddon P-12 College’s Mutual Exchange program, students are encouraged to make a Gold coin donation on Pancake Day in sup-port of our Breakfast Program, which is offered at no charge each Tuesday and Wednesday morn-ings during term. Looking forward to sharing this favourite meal together!

Welcome back

Another busy week at the

College. Yesterday all staff

attended a professional

development activity at

Latrobe Uni. We are work-

ing on making our students

stronger at the skills of

reading writing and

spelling. There is room for

improvement in these are-

as across all sub schools

and we are always search-

ing for ways to help stu-

dents. One way is to better

equip staff with the skills to

do so. It may seem contra-

dictory that as a year 12

Maths teacher I am really

keen for my students to

improve the skills of

spelling, reading and writ-

ing. You might think I’d be

more keen on improving

their numeracy skills, how-

ever, the majority of the

final exam requires stu-

dents to decipher what is

actually being asked. Fix

literacy to improve a wide

range of skills in all subject

areas.

The P12 Swimming carni-

val is next Friday. Num-

bers at such events are

capped at 300 and we

must be physically dis-

tanced. With our numbers

as is, minus a number of

students who are unable to

attend, we feel that we will

have enough scope to al-

low parents to attend, if

they wish. We ask that

parents physically distance

at the pool and bring and

wear masks. On the day

buses will run directly to

and from the pool. The

carnival will begin at ap-

proximately 9:30 am with

buses arriving at 9ish to

the pool. A free sausage

sizzle will be held, run by

the SRC. There will be

enough sausages for ‘one

each’ so maybe don’t rely

on this for lunch. We ask

that donations, where you

can afford, be made to the

SRC to cover costs for this

food. The pool canteen will

also be open for snacks

and icypoles etc. It may

come as a surprise, it al-

ways does to me, but the

pool has no drinking water.

Please pack ample drinker

bottles for your children.

The capacity for us to refill

is limited.

Some staff including Mr

Leed cannot be in attend-

ance BUT new staff mem-

bers from the bookends of

the college will be at the

swimming. Ms Kennedy

our year 1 teacher and Mrs

McDiven our senior English

teacher. Also Mr Coghill

and Miss Mitchell. Please

introduce yourself to them

if you get the chance.

They all love a yack. I cant

wait for the swimming.

Dress your kids in their

house colours and lets

have some fun. GO

LONG.

AROUND ELP

SPORTS

7-10 Swimming Pro-

gram

Concludes next

week:

7-10 Swimming Pro-gram =

Tuesday 16th Feb Year 9/10—p. 3+4 Year 7/8A/8B—p. 5+6

College Inter-House

Swimming Carnival:

Friday 19th Febru-

ary—Mitiamo Pool.

Buses will transport

students straight to

the pool from normal

bus run (one bus will

collect staff and stu-

dents from school if

needed also.

Swimming Carnival

Program is attached

to this Newsletter and

will also be available

via the Compass

Newsfeed.

Swimming Program

This week we saw the end of our 2021

swimming program. Well done to all of

our students who participated and

braved the water on some cooler days.

Thank you to all of our P-6 families for

organising bathers and towels for stu-

dents over the past two weeks. Your

support is greatly appreciated.

Students are now getting excited about

our whole school swimming carnival will

be held next Friday.

All students in the Middle Years have

been busy this week getting into the

school routine and preparing for the

upcoming swimming sports next week.

Grade 5/6 have completed their swim-

ming program but the last day of swim-

ming for the 7/8s will be Tuesday 16th

February. Today the Year 7’s will share

about their camp at the sub-school as-

sembly.

Meet our College Captains

Bridget Baker

Favourite team/s: Richmond Tigers and

Calivil FNC.

Favourite meal: Grill’d

Favourite animal: is anything that’s cute

but probably dogs.

Best study tip: is do heaps of practice

questions but have a balance between

school and other interests.

Best quote: “Success is the sum of small

efforts repeated day in and day out’’.

Ben Collins

Favourite sport: Basketball and Tennis

Favourite meal: Homemade sweet and

sour sausages.

Favourite animal: Sheep.

Best study tip: To work with people who

have the same mindset and share a com-

mon goal as you.

Best quote: “You can’t win at everything,

but you can laugh at everything”.

Best wishes to Charlize, Alex, Amy,

Mark, Brodie and Jackson who will be

attending the School for Student Leader-

ship for the remainder of this term.

East Loddon P-12 Newsletter Issue 03 12th February 2021

Canteen

Fri 12th Lisa Twigg

Miranda Smith 2021 February

Mon 15th

Margaret Hocking

Mon 22nd

Karolyn Campbell

Somara Lever

Tues 16th

Sue Pickles

Tues 23rd

Rachel Hay

Wed 17th Karen Pascoe

Carly Noble Wed 24th Ebony Lawry

Amanda Moroni

Thurs 18th Sue Pickles

Thurs 25th Sue Pickles

Fri 19th P-12 Swimming Carnival

Fri 26th Sue Pickles

Instrumental Music Program (IMP) Enrolment for 2021

Students will once again have access to small group guitar and vocal lessons in 2021, however, plac-

es are extremely limited.

Students who were offered a place in the program in 2020 will be given preference to continue their

instrumental learning in 2021. These students will not be charged a fee for their lessons again due to

the limited number of lessons they were able to receive in 2020.

Students who are new to the instrumental program are able to submit their interest in

commencing guitar lessons and/or vocal lessons in 2021. These families should include a payment of

$25 per student per instrument which will be refunded if there is no available place for your child.

Students may submit an enrolment request for both guitar and vocals if they prefer, however,they

should also indicate a first and second preference if only one place is available. It is likely that one

lesson each week will take place during a break time (recess or lunch) for students learning two in-

struments so that they do not miss an hour of learning each week.

Students who were learning an instrument in 2020 may swap to another instrument (i.e., swap from

guitar to vocals), however, they will only be given preference over new enrolments if

continuing to learn their current instrument.

Please feel free to contact Ms Chelsea Harrington (chelsea.harrington@education.vic.gov.au) if you

have any other questions.

East Loddon P-12 College Instrumental Music Program Enrolment 2021

Please return the following slip to the college office (and $25 per student per instrument for students

not continuing an instrument from 2020) by Friday 12th February. This fee will be

returned if a place is not confirmed.

Name: ________________________ Yr Level: ____ Instrument: Guitar Vocals

Name: ________________________ Yr Level: ____ Instrument: Guitar Vocals

Name: ________________________ Yr Level: ____ Instrument: Guitar Vocals

Name: ________________________ Yr Level: ____ Instrument: Guitar Vocals

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